The sooner people realize that the subscribers are nothing more than super-slow-boiled frogs to them, the better.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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Between that, price hike, and some weirdly low quality content because you don't use this or that browser, netflix really wants people to stop their subscriptions it seems.
High seas baby!
There is surely a recognisable pattern here in which people leave because of this shit and to keep the flow of money going up they then have to further reduce quality by increasing ads.
I deleted my facebook a few weeks ago and signing in for the first time in years gave a look at what it became and it was unrecognisable.
Yup, I'm finishing off a couple shows and it's on the chopping block. Easy choice
Lol
Well, time to cancel finally I've gotten used to torrenting again anyway
“[Netflix] members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,” Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, per the publication.
Amy, I want you to be honest with me, are you an alien.
Because on planet Earth we do not, if fact, pay as much attention to the ads as to the things we're actually interested in. Famously our brains even produce this fascinating effect to spare us from the bullshit you're shoving into our eyeballs.
I'm just waiting for it to be like that Black Mirror episode where ads came on, the guy closed his eyes, and alarms went off until he opened them again.
The bad thing about those kind of shows, is that while most people see that as a warning, and something to avoid.
Some people immediately start charting a path to how to make it a reality, and sometimes those people are very very smart and can chart a path that might take decades.
I say this while on the toilet, writing on a device that has cameras both front and back, always on microphones and location sensors, and facial recognition and 3D scanning equipment.
When the personalized condom ads start popping up, I will only be slightly annoyed.
i think in netflix's case, they might actually be paying as much attention to the ads as they do the shows, which is to say none at all
ads will continue until subscriptions improve
no ads on blockbuster movies!
Soo... the ad income is higher than the energy costs of gen. AI? They lied about the pennies per visit? 😢
Also, 🏴☠️
Netflix showed time and time again that they are shit at counting money. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they're losing money on those ads but will do them anyway because managers eat the worst possible hype for breakfast.
I higly doubt they generate a custom ad per viewer, it's probably per show which can be re-used.
I've gone back to books.
Spent waaay too much on a single volume illustrated edition of the all Earthsea books. My weekend is going to be lit.
Oh shit….I need to go get that!
(Speaking of books …. time to go see if that fancy hardback edition of Cibola**Burn is ever going to get released.
edit: it’s not coming out any time soon 😤
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Each day brings us closer to either Cyberpunk 2077 or Bladerunner
Or 1984, or Brave New World.
My money's on Terry Gilliam's Brazil, though.
It is intresting to see if we go that way, or if our future will be more Orwellian in its nature. Might go ine way or another.
... or Terminator, or Mad Max. Dredd with Robocop are on the list too.
So the dead Internet extends to streaming.
Also anyone else interested in just crazy an ai add what will be.
Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMuookENY90&t=137s
Wow that's fucking horrendous. I feel terrible for little kids growing up on this shit that will start to feel like normal art for them.
That video in particular is particularly grating because the source material-- a Bradbury short story-- is so beautiful on its own.
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Is this feature coming to Sonarr/Radar + Jellyfin? /s
Some people who use Ersatz (software to turn your media into tv channels) actually ADD ads to it. I don't get it.
They show me an ad, and they are out. It is that simple. Luckily, my life does not depend on streaming.
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If you see Netflix as part of a bundle, get the bundle without it. You having no choice to get out of the subscription is feeding into this.
hahahahahaha
"Millions of former subscribers will cancel their accounts in 2026"
FTFY
That absolutely won't happen.
Everybody on Lemmy and Reddit were saying the same when they banned account sharing and price increases. In reality their subscriber numbers went through the roof and so did their profits.
Nah, my cousins are normies. Every time I'm at their place and the TV is on, you almost can't tell if the ads get more play than the content they actually wanted to see. Their TV is treated like an old FM radio where ads are just a part of it. They complain, but they'll never actually do anything about it.
Sadly I think you're a optimistic with those numbers. It's probably gonna be a few thousand. The numbers can feel skewed if you only look at Lemmy.
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